Improvement in devices for drawing and measuring liquids



I A. P. LAPHAM. 4Devise.foIjli'ijhawiring and Measuring Liquids.

WITNJJSQ sy AIJVVEJV 0R N.PETERS. PHOTO-LITHDGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED Sterns Maur OFFICE.

AMOS F. IIAPHAM, lOF MARION, O'lllO.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICES FOR DRAWING AND MEASURING LIQUIDS.

Specification forming part ol Letters Patent No. 09,904, dated November 12, 1878; application filed October 8, 1878.

Tc all 'whom may concern.:

Be it known that I, AMos F. LAPHAM, ot'

Marion, in the county of Marion, and in the- State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Combined Device for Drawing Liquids from Barrels, &c., and Automatically Measuring the Liquids; and do hereby decla-re that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had `to the accompanyin g drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specilication. Y

rlhe nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement ot a device for drawingand measuring coal-oil and other liquids from a cask or barrel, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a side view, partly in section, of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the measure, and Fig; 3 shows a bung used with the device.

A represents the short and B the long leg of a siphon. The short leg is dropped into the bunghole of the barrel, and is pointed at the lower end, as shown at a, to hold in a stave in the lower part of the barrel.

(I represents a billig inclosing this legor tube, which bung is made iu two parts, with an air-hole at b, to be closed or left open at will. The hole in this bung is made large enough to close tightlyr around the tube, to prevent thc escape or waste of the coal-oilor other liquid. lt supports the tube in its p1 oper place in the bung-hole, and is to be driven in tight around the tube.

The long leg I; of the Siphon should run down as low as the bottom of the barrel, and its lower end is screwed into a stop-cock, D.

E represents a glass measure, holding, say, one gallon or half a gallon, through which is passed a tube, F, of the same size as the tube '15, and just long enough to pas through the glass measure and screw into the lower end of the stop-cock D. The lower end of the tube F is screwed into a stop cock, G, each stopeock forming a burr, between which and the glass measure a leather or other washer, d, is inserted. When these stop-cocks are tight- In the lower part of the tube F, within the l measure, is a hole, 1'., toemit the liquid from V the, stopcock D above and ll the measure,

and the same hole is for the egress of the liquid when the stop-cock G below is open.

In the stop-cock D, above the measure and below the shutoff of said stop-cock, is coulneeted a pipe, I, for the escape of air. This pipe is to be closed in starting the liquid .from the barrel, as follows: l-Iave the measure full, or partly so, and then close the upper end of the air-pipe l. and open both stop-cocks, and the current is complete from the barrel without any pump or other device.

rIhc measuring is as follows: The upper stop cock, D, is left open and the measure is lled; then, by closing the upper stop-cock, D, and opening the lower stop-cock, Gr, any quantity less than whatl the measure holds can be drawn ofi'. By leavinga small amount of liquid in the measure the device is always ready for use, making it entirely automatic.

The measure is preferably made of glass, but may be .made of any other suitable material, and in such case provided with glass tubes, v In all eases the glass should be marked or" graduated.

The various tubes must be made of such material as will best answer for the kind of liquid to be drawn and measured with the device.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A siphon provided with a graduated measure connected to the long leg thereof, for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The combination ofthe siphon A l, measure E, stop -cocks D Gr, and the tube F with opening e', all constructed substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of September, 1878.

Witnesses:

JALMA LArrmM, ItoB'r. HOPKINS.

A. F. LAPHAM. 

